Cherkessk Jehovah's Witnesses congregation
abolished

In Karachay-Cherkesia, the local cell of the
religious
organization of Jehovah's Witnesses was found to be extremist.
According to the
decision of a court, it was liquidated and its immovable property
will be
turned over for government use. This was reported to IA Regnum on
17 February
in the press service of the regional prosecutor's office.

We note that the local cell of Jehovah's
Witnesses also
wound up earlier in the field of vision of law enforcement
personnel. Thus,
previously its leadership was issued a warning about the
impermissibility of
violations of the law. However this did not frighten the
sectarians and the
organization continued to conduct illegal extremist activity.

Against this the prosecutor's office opened a
proceeding on
an administrative violation of law. The court issued a decision on
this,
holding the religious organization administratively accountable,
in the form of
a fine of 50,000 rubles, with confiscation and destruction of
literature of an
extremist nature.

But even after this the leadership of the
organization did
not cease its activity. This time the prosecutor's office filed a
lawsuit for
its liquidation.

The court rendered a positive decision—the
religious
organization of Jehovah's Witnesses, operating in the city of
Cherkessk, was
found to be extremist and subject to liquidation. The property
that it was
using in the form of a building and land parcel located on
Fabrichnaia Street,
building 139G, was turned over to state ownership.

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